Happy 11 month birthday Anthony!

At 11 months Anthony can:

1. Crawl up a slide and come down head first.
2. Say mama when he is mad.
3. Throw a football.
4. Hit a baseball with a bat and with a football.
5. Walk around holding onto furniture.
6. Stand on his own for a few seconds.
7. Clap when happy.
8. Crawl around like a madman.
9. Eat on his own in his own messy way.
10. Open and close all doors, cabinets and drawers in sight.
11. Go up and down steps.
12. Play catch.
13. "Talk" nonstop.
14. Throw a good fit when he is tired, hungry or just wants his way.
15. Take down a 4 year old with his 27.5 lbs.
16. Most of all he brings a smile to our face everyday.

Vroom

I hadn't realized that Anthony didn't actually have a car at home. Yesterday there was one at my parents house so I started pushing it around while making the usual car noise. After doing this he took the car and started making the same sound. Now everytime he sees a car he pushes it around making his own version of the "vroom" sound.

Boston trip

This poem is about our trip to Boston.
It started off with a plane ride from Austin.
Anthony cried like a baby, and so did momma.
And I tried to sleep, oh what drama!
We landed in Beantown, and went straight to the room.
Anthony blew out a diaper, with a thundering boom.
The next morning we had breakfast, a wonderful dish.
And then we went over to look at some fish.
Anthony was happy, smacking the glass on the tank.
He wanted to swim, but I think he would have sank.
Next was pizza at Reginas, a neat little place.
You could tell Anthony liked it by the sauce on his face.
On race day we gathered on the side of the street.
The leaders flew by with one common theme.
Not a white guy within 1000 feet.
The heart of the race, had an African beat.
Team Martyak was strong, finishing up towards the front.
I’m sure that Bean won the division of under one month.
After it all we ate seafood at a place called fish pier.
Damnit Milly! Which way do we steer?

Randel

Family Pic

Talking and Big kids

Anthonys teacher claims that yesterday when she gave him his bottle he responded by saying "Thank You" to her. He also said "cat" all day. I asked her if she was sure and wasn't maybe just stretching the truth but she was adamant that he said those things. The toddler teacher said that he talks a lot better and more than the toddlers in her class do. I guess we just have a genius. Though he seems to only like to do his talking at daycare I guess, because I have yet to receive a thank you for any bottles I made him.
Also, yesterday by the time I got there to pick him up they had all the different age groups out in the sanctuary playing in their own little age groups. When I walked in his teacher told me to hurry so I could see what he was doing. I walked in and saw all the babies in their little group playing but Anthony wasn't with them. He was right smack in the middle of the toddlers and preschoolers fighting for a toy he wanted. When his teacher told me he made the older kids cry I thought she meant the younger toddlers like the 18 month old kids. But nope, these were 2,3 and 4 year olds kids. I saw him as he grabbed a toy one of the kids had. He pulled on it until he broke it free from him, when the other little boy tried to take it back Anthony smacked him. I wanted to scold him but I couldn't help laughing at the whole thing also. Luckily he didn't see me do that, otherwise he might start thinking it's ok to do. I sat and watched him for a little while longer, he ended up hanging out and playing with the older kids as if he was just as big as they were. The teacher said he just thinks he is a big kid also and doesn't want to hang out with the babies anymore.

Time Out

This is what Anthony was put in today for not playing nice at daycare. He started hitting on Presley, which is strange for him to do because she is his favorite "girl" friend at the daycare. His teacher said that she told him no when he first hit her and he just looked at her then turned to Presley and smacked her harder. So he was put in the exasaucer for a few minutes. Also, when I pick him up I like to sit with him and play in his room with him and his friends. Hannah crawled up to me and was playing with me and when Anthony saw this he pulled himself up on me and pushed her away. It brought a smile to my face to know that he was a bit jealous. And lastly, today Anthony decided I was just to clean today. I fed him his bottle then about 15 minutes later we heard him working hard at filling his diaper. When I picked him up it was out the top and all over his shirt. I laid him down but he refused to be changed. He squirmed like crazy and this ended up with my leg COVERED in poop as well as some of my clothes and his clothes and my hands. After wiping him down Randel carried him (by holding him by just his hands as Anthony dangled in the air) to the restroom and gave him a bath while I took a shower. It's funny how Randel can still be grossed out by it while I can have it all on me and really not be bothered by it. Ahh Motherhood.

A brief scare

Today Randel, Anthony and I decided to walk across the street to check out the new Mediterranean buffet that had just opened up. Randel cut up some pieces of meat for Anthony to eat. Unfortunately they weren't small enough and before we knew it Anthony was coughing, tearing up and choking. I started giving him hard pats on his back but it was still lodged in his throat. I kept trying and finally he got it out. He was crying from me hitting his back and scaring him. It really didn't last long at all, maybe just a few seconds but it seemed like they were taking an eternity and I can't even began to explain the fear that I felt for that very brief moment. Randel picked him up and took him outside to calm him down while I sat there actually flushed and feeling my heart still racing. All ended well, he was back to his happy self in no time and enjoyed his, much smaller cut up, pieces of fruit.

Remember this?

I was looking at a bunch of old videos and saw this one and couldn't believe he was this small.

Follow-up

Just wanted to add to Randels post that I just got home from picking Anthony up and was told that he made two of the toddlers cry and when she told him that it was not nice to do that and asked him if he understood he looked at her and said "Ya."

Baby Hercules

Anthony is getting a reputation for smacking the other kids around. The good thing is he does not discriminate, he will smack a little boy or little girl if they get out of line. I think the real problem is that he plays with the other infants, but being the size of a small bulldozer, he doesn’t always have the softest hands. The ladies that watch him say he never seems to have mean intentions, he is just too strong for his own good.

Hard for me to do much more than smile when they tell me he made another kid cry. Toughen your kids up people :)

Anthony did not want his diaper put on last night. Here he is enjoying being diaper free.

And here is pooped out from swinging.




Once again another great night of sleep for us. Anthony-0 Mom and dad-3

Video fun

Here is a very grainy video that I love. I will eventually figure out how to make it look better and not freeze so much.

2 nights down!!!

My second full night of sleep. I forgot how wonderful it is. We did hear Anthony wake up at about 6:30 and cry a little but he went right back to sleep. It's the weirdest thing for me to wake up at 7 for the first time instead of for the 3rd time after a long long night. Yesterday morning I was in shock to see daylight and the time on the clock. I couldn't believe I had gone that long sleeping uninterrupted. Why didn't we just bite the bullet and do this before? He got away with his middle of the night shenanigans for way too long.


Pic of the day.